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Bayonne, new jersey

Gordon Terminal Service; Bayonne, New Jersey · NOAAORR-6522

issued
1987-11-23 00:00Z
status
cancelled 1987-12-07 00:00Z
self-cancels
1987-12-07 00:00Z
authority
NOAA OR&R
sea
North Atlantic Ocean
position
40.664, -74.124
source
incidentnews · first seen 2026-09-03 15:09Z

Original warning text

Gordon Terminal Service; Bayonne, New Jersey.
Bayonne, New Jersey.
1. On the night of November 22, 1987 Gordon Terminal Service, an oil and anti-freeze storage and packaging facility in Bayonne, New Jersey, caught on fire. Firefighting efforts to contain and extinguish the blaze resulted in runoff from water pumped onto the site. This runoff contained motor oil, automatic transmission fluid, ethylene glycol (antifreeze), and florosil dye. An estimated 38,000 gallons was spilled into the Kills (the area between Staten Island, New York and Bayonne) from approximately 2300 on November 22 till 0900 on November 24. USCG district 1.
2. COMMODITY: MOTOR OIL, AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FLUID, ETHYLENE GLYCOL, FLOROSIL DYE. MAXIMUM POTENTIAL RELEASE: 38000 GALLONS.
3. POSITION 40.664N 074.124W. NOAA INCIDENTNEWS 6522: https://incidentnews.noaa.gov/incident/6522

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